Marc Joel Atrero

January 31 has come and gone. That date was when the International Cospas-Sarsat satellites stopped receiving signals from Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) operating on the 121. 5 and 243 MHz frequencies. Not everyone, however, has changed to a unit that can transmit on the 406 MHz frequency. Beacons like ELTs have been around in one

Emq Aw139s in the Spotlight Emergency Management Queensland’s (Emq) Fleet of Three Aw139s Will Have Their Left-hand-side Mounted Nitesun Searchlights Replaced With a New Lightweight Model Reinstalled on the Right Side, Offering Pilots Optimum Visibility During Remote Location Night Landings. According to a Report in Brisbane’s Courier Mail in Early June the Queensland Government Will

Qantas Group Update the Delivery of Qantas’s Fourth A380-842, Vh-oqd Fergus Mcmaster, Which Was Planned for Late May With Entry Into Service on June 7, Has Been Delayed Until Mid July Due to Production Issues. Qantaslink is Planning to Take Delivery of Dash 8-q402 Vh-qos in Late July. This content is available exclusively to Australian

The safe and efficient carriage of people and freight is the core activity of regional airlines. The ongoing development of Baro-Vnav and SBAS (satellite based) approaches, particularly the latter, will mean simpler, safer, ILS-type approaches to a significant number of regional airports. A similar system is widely used in the USA and now outnumbers ILS

10 Years Ago • The Portuguese air force held a ceremony at Air Base 5 Monte Real on July 9 to mark the retirement of its 32 surviving A-7P Corsairs, which entered service in 1991. They will be replaced by additional F-16s. • The Sri Lankan Air Force will acquire another two Mi-24s gunships to

…Vintage Wings of Canada Museum. The P-40 made its first post restoration flight as ZK-VWC on April 23 before being flown to Canada in a C-17 – see photo opposite. It is painted in desert camouflage colours of 260 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force to represent the mount of Canadian Kittyhawk ace Wing Commander James